Hiring Paul is the best thing I’ve done for my small family. With love, care, and ruthless organizational skills Paul has taken care of my children, Anna, AJ, and Aden, with me as part of the deal. He always told me he’d only stay two years and that he wanted to travel the world, but it didn’t stop me falling in love with him. I never told him, because who am I to steal his dreams? Now he’s handed his resignation to me so I have a decision to make. He’s leaving us and I can either tell him I love him and ask him to stay, or watch him go. I have only one Christmas to make things right. A short story based in the Single Dads ‘verse. This story originally appeared in the ‘Gifts for the Season’ Anthology with a host of other authors, which in Christmas 2020, raised over $20,000 for The Trevor Project.